Finger Painting Weekend Workshop ~ Paperback ~ Iris Scott

Working with just five rich oil colors, Iris Scott will show you how to create a simple, brush-free impressionist painting. Leave your brushes behind! Iris Scott's revolutionary finger-painting courses are designed for everyone, especially beginners. Working with just five rich oil colors, Iris will show you how to create a brush-free, error-free impressionist painting that flourishes with life, letting the paint do the work. Create impressionist masterpieces in the style of Monet using only five tubes of oil paint, a pair of latex gloves, and some paper towels. Complete with five masterpieces and clear step-by-step instructions for recreating each one, this book makes you feel like you are in one of Iris's best-selling classes. Perfect for fans of adult coloring books and other forms of art relaxation, finger painting is a classic form of meditative play therapy. The concise instructions encourage artists to complete a painting in a single day, making finger painting an ideal project and hobby for novice artists.Author BiographyBrooklyn-based painter Iris Scott is the only fine-art oil finger painter working today. She earned a BFA in Painting and a MA in Teaching, and studied painting in Florence. During a year spent backpacking in Southern Taiwan, Iris stumbled upon finger painting by accident and has not picked up a paintbrush since. Her Facebook following is over 12,000 fans and growing. Currently, her finger-painting originals hang in Philadelphia, Seattle, San Diego, and Jackson Hole. Collectors from around the world buy her originals, and there are daily orders for her prints. Scott's most iconic painting, Shakin' Off the Blues, has gone viral several times, including on Reddit, where it captured nearly 2 million hits and counting.Iris is spearheading a revolution with this timelessly accessible technique that leaves the brushes behind in order to let grown-ups reconnect with their inner child. Her students walk away from her finger-painting courses with something classically beautiful to hang on their walls.